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David Willetts: I’m just a science minister, not a particle physicist

At the Guardian.

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Higgs rumours: fun for you, dangerous for me

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.6 of Smashing Physics.

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Why does the Higgs decay?

Higgs bosons might be being produced at CERN right now, but we can’t keep them. Lily Asquith explains… here at the Guardian.

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Was Brian Cox wrong? – Sixty Symbols

Never mind those Higgs updates, here’s the latest in the great Brian Cox diamond controversy – interesting video from Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla At the Guardian.

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